119 HR 5252 IH: Having Overdose Protection Equipment Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5252IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 10, 2025Mr. Amo (for himself, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Norton, and Mr. Thanedar) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo amend the 21st Century Cares Act to clarify that certain grants for State and Tribal response to opioid use disorders may be used for certain activities related to public access opioid overdose reversal kits, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Having Overdose Protection Equipment Act or the HOPE Act.

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Use of certain State and Tribal grant funds for public access opioid overdose reversal kits

Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act (42 U.S.C. 290ee–3a) is amended— (1)in subsection (b)(4)(A), by inserting and other activities related to acquiring, making available, and maintaining public access opioid overdose reversal kits after primary prevention activities; and (2)in subsection (h)— (A)by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; (B)by transferring paragraph (4), as so redesignated, so as to appear after paragraph (3); and (C)by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2)

Public access opioid overdose reversal kit

The term public access opioid overdose reversal kit means a kit that includes— (A)opioid overdose reversal medication; and (B)instructions on how to administer such medication..